In case you did not notice yet, with this new layout also comes a new webmaster. My name is Carmel and I am absolutely thrilled to be taking over this site. I’ve loved Nicholas Sparks’ books for long time now and after watching The Notebook years ago I’ve been a big fan of all the movies that have been made. For now I just wanted update you so that you know this site will be updated again but do visit us again. Our movie of the month is The Notebook which means that, other than the “usual” updates I will also add new content for our section of The Notebook to the site.

The next time a Nicholas Sparks movie hits the silver screen, expect it to be frosty.

That’s because Safe Haven, the author’s chilling love story, is set to hit theaters the week before Valentine’s Day.

“Usually, Nicholas Sparks movies tend to be strictly romance novels-slash-movies,” says Julianne Hough, who stars as Katie Feldman, a secretive woman on the run who lands in the sleepy town of Southport, N.C. “What’s fun about Safe Haven is it’s got a thriller aspect to it.”

“That’s what I really liked about it,” says Josh Duhamel, who plays a widower with two young children who slowly charms Hough out of hiding. “It was different and it had a feel of Sleeping with the Enemy, which I thought was different than anything that Nicholas Sparks had done.”

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Trying to escape her past, Katie is “extremely guarded and definitely nervous about opening up to anyone in the town,” says Hough. “Meanwhile, there is somebody after her, and you don’t know why. She’s got a dark secret.”

The role is a big change for Hough, who moves away from singing and dancing after films like Footloose and this summer’s ’80s camp-fest Rock of Ages.

Directed by Lasse Hallström (Dear John, The Cider House Rules), Safe Haven, out Feb. 8, 2013 “was really just being as real as possible and not being campy and over the top,” says Hough. “That is the biggest difference for me, I got to kind of sink my feet into the ground a little bit more.”

“She’s a star, that girl,” says Duhamel. He got Sparks’ blessing to “dig in” to the character of Alex Wheatley, and his take – much like Ryan Gosling’s creative rendering of Noah in 2004′s The Notebook, “is not exactly written as it was in the books.”

For Hough, starring in Safe Haven brings her full circle. “When I was living in London when I was 13, A Walk to Remember was the first book of his that I read – I read it probably 10 times,” she says. And when the movie came out I watched it I don’t know how many times, I loved that movie so much.”

But, she acknowledges the pressure of turning a fan favorite (Safe Haven reached No. 1 on USA TODAY’s best-selling books chart) into a film. “All you can do is your very best that you can do and make it your own.”

I have uploaded a new layout to the site and the gallery. The main layout features images from all of the films that have been released to date and the gallery features an image from The Lucky One. I am also adding some new feature to the sidebar, and refreshing things.  So check back soon, for more…

Just thought I would update you on what I’m up to and what I have coming up.

• I’m working on a new layout with images from the Lucky One.
• Need to have a little update on the books and Movies Pages, expand them abit add more information etc.
• Start an articles archive
• Add some more media, sondtrack lists etc.
• Update all the categories with missing still images (espeicially Dear John)
• Im also going to start adding photos from premieres and promotional shoots and Interviews.

WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) –Actress Cobie Smulders, known for playing Robin on the TV show How I Met Your Mother, has joined the cast of the Nicholas Sparks-inspired film being shot locally, Safe Haven, according to Variety.

The film, which stars Josh Duhamel and Julianne Hough, is set to shoot in both Wilmington and Southport this summer.

“So excited to join the cast of They Came Together and Safe Haven!! It’s going to be a fun summer!” tweeted Smulders on Friday.

Smulders is reportedly set to play the role of a neighbor, and she recently appeared in the blockbuster The Avengers, which hit theaters in May.

Smulders is also set to film another movie soon with Paul Rudd, entitled They Came Together.

Part of Market Street is expected to close Wednesday night for filming of Safe Haven.

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Josh Duhamel and Julianne Hough have signed on to play lovers in a planned movie adaptation of Nicholas Sparks’ bestselling romantic novel Safe Haven.

The couple will play beloved characters Alex and Katie in the movie, which is scheduled to start shooting in June (12) in North Carolina.

The film, directed by Lasse Hallstrom, will be released just before St. Valentine’s Day (14Feb13).

Author Sparks, who will produce the film, says, “I’m thrilled that Josh and Julianne have agreed to come aboard Safe Haven – it’s hard to think of an actor better-suited to play the character of Alex than Josh, and Julianne will bring a combination of vulnerability and strength to the role of Katie.”

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We’ve got a couple of casting stories to share this afternoon.  First up, Josh Duhamel is ready to get his Nicholas Sparks on.  Variety reports that the Transformers star is in negotiations to lead the adaptation of Sparks’ Safe Haven.  The story centers on a young woman with a dark past who arrives in a small North Carolina town, and reluctantly begins a relationship with a widowed store owner and his two children, and a friendship with her plainspoken neighbor.  Duhamel would play the widowed store owner, but producers are still trying to fill the female lead role.  Also, I’m assuming someone dies at the end.

Lasse Hallström (Chocolat) is onboard to direct and the film already has a pre-Valentine’s Day release date set for February 8th, 2013.  The Nicholas Sparks adaptation The Lucky One, starring Zac Efron, opened to a successful number two at the box office last weekend.

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Zac Efron sang and danced his way through High School Musical and lent his voice to The Lorax earlier this year – but the heartthrob is entering new territory with his latest film role, thanks to his steamy love scenes with costar Taylor Schilling in The Lucky One.

“From his past films, [director Scott Hicks] is incredible with capturing the love in those scenes. Everyone builds those scenes up,” Efron, 24, told PEOPLE at Monday’s Hollywood premiere of The Lucky One, based on the Nicholas Sparks novel.

“There is sort of a fear inherent in everyone else so me and Taylor weren’t afraid at all.”

Also helpful: the fact that the two costars bonded quickly on the set, according to Schilling.

“I was very nervous. I met Zac in hair and makeup and we just hit it off immediately,” said Schilling, 27, who admits she had never seen High School Musical prior to her screen test with Efron.

“It was just very easy and that sort of click is something you can’t describe but you just really hope for, because then it just makes the process really easy. I feel lucky to count him as a friend.”

Adds Schilling, “Scott shot all the loves scenes at the very end of the shoot and at that point we had already become good friends. … I had never been to New Orleans and he knew New Orleans and we were able to hang out a bunch, so we were at that point very comfortable with each other. I think the harder part is doing some of the emotional scenes and then once those are done, it’s like, you want me to kiss you? Meh. No big deal.”

As for his character in the movie, Efron, 24, who is rumored to be dating Lily Collins, “You couldn’t find two more different people than me and Logan. I really admired his integrity – he’s a Marine, I’m just a musical theater geek.”

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